Re: YouTube IP Hijacking

[Jim Mercer <jim () reptiles org>]

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 09:13:23AM +0000, Alexander Harrowell wrote:
> Interesting that (according to Renesys) BT reconnected about 500 networks in
> Pakistan after the big fibre cut. I wonder if there's any data around that
> would tell us who filters and who doesn't?

based on my experience of routing (and de-routing) my own legacy space as
well as some RIPE space through PTCL, i know they have procedures in place to
restrict what their customers can send to them, so it makes sense that they
have a clue as to how to control what they send out.

probably fat fingers, and probably fat wobbly fingers in a rush to comply with
a government directive.

> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Jim Mercer <jim () reptiles org> wrote:
>
> > having built an ISP or two in pakistan, PTCL (Pakistan Telecom) is not the
> > sole provider of bandwidth to the country, although it likely carries the
> > bulk of traffic to the country.
> >
> > operationally, there are a number of jurisdictions which filter content
> > and connectivity on a variety of basis.
> >
> > adjusting the BGP announcements is a fairly quick and sure way to hobble
> > connectivity to specific content.  although, it is quickly bypassed by
> > shifting the content to other addresses and domain names.
> >
> > i'm sure that this was an accidental leakage, and that appropriate
> > corrections
> > were/are taken in due course.
> >
> > --
> > Jim Mercer        jim () reptiles org        +971 55 410-5633
> > "I'm Prime Minister of Canada, I live here and I'm going to take a leak."
> >   - Lester Pearson in 1967, during a meeting between himself and
> >    President Lyndon Johnson, whose Secret Service detail had taken over
> >    Pearson's cottage retreat.  At one point, a Johnson guard asked
> >    Pearson, "Who are you and where are you going?"

-- 
Jim Mercer        jim () reptiles org        +971 55 410-5633
"I'm Prime Minister of Canada, I live here and I'm going to take a leak."
   - Lester Pearson in 1967, during a meeting between himself and
    President Lyndon Johnson, whose Secret Service detail had taken over
    Pearson's cottage retreat.  At one point, a Johnson guard asked
    Pearson, "Who are you and where are you going?"